comitia
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of comitia
1615–25; < Latin, plural of comitium assembly, equivalent to com- com- + -it-, noun derivative of īre to go ( cf. comes) + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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Among other measures calculated to win popularity, he proposed a modification of the lex Ælia Fufia, declaring it illegal for a magistrate to stop legislative comitia by "watching the sky."
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
This bill aimed to create a land commission of ten members of praetorian rank, elected in a special comitia of seventeen tribes, which Rullus was to choose by lot.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
The distant citizens could not come to the voting booths; the device of representation was not discovered; and the comitia fell into the power of the town voters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The distinction between comitia and contio was more clearly marked.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
The gold medal of General Greene represents the head of that general, with this legend: nathanieli green, egregio duci, comitia americana.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
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